Filing-case.



No. 884,659. PATENTED APR. 14, 1908. W. K. HOLMAN.

FILING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1907.

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INVENTOH mila/fm PATENTED APR. 14, 1908.

W. K. HOLMAN.

FILING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM K. HOLMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO A. J. HOLMAN & COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AFIRM.

FILING-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 27, 1907. Serial No. 394,796.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM K. HOLMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Filing Cases, of which the ollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of filing devices comprising an inclosing casing with a hinged lid, adapted to contain interiorly a paper file with a series of leaves or sheets of paper thereon; and my improvement in this class of device has for its obj ect the rovision of a new form and character of le which while enabling the several sheets or any of them in the series to be more readily removed andre laced than heretofore, will also coact with t e inner walls of the casing to removabl form a part thereof whengthe said iile an casing are assembled in operative relation.

To these ends my invention consists in the combination with a filing case consisting essentiall of a rectangular box-like structure, prefera ly with a hinged lid, and having two of its oppositely-'disposed,upright wal s recessed to form o posite semi cylindrical vertical grooves, ofJ a removable iile consisting of a wire rod bent in its length to form one or a air of filing hooks, preferably of a` specific c aracter as hereinafter stated, the respective terminal ends of said rod being bent upward to form resilient ends adapted.

to sprlng automatically into ,the vertical ooves in the side walls of the casing and to e readily removed therefrom when it is desired to remove the iile of papers or other articles from time to time.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention Fi ure 1 is an elevation in perspective of the flhng case, with the file, containing a layer of papers, in place therein. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the le, with a layer of pa ers filed therein; and Fig. 3 is a like view of the file detached. Fig. 4 is a plan view, partly in section; Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken through the lon itudinal centerof the device as shown in ig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a like vertical section taken through the lateral center thereof.

Referring now to Fig. 1 of said drawin s, the filing case is constructed as usual in t e form of a shallow rectangular box havin its rear end end wall 1 hinged to the base-wa lso as to drop downward, and its lid 2 is preferably hinged to a narrow and fixed top wall or cover3 so asto svsnn u ward. As ring button 4 serves to detacia ly connect t e hinged portions 1 and 2. O-therwise than as stated, the filing case consists of a base wall 5, a rear wall 6, and op ositely-disposed vertical 'side walls 7, 7, an these latter near their rearward end and preferably beneath the narrow fixed top wall 3, are vertically recessed at oppositely-disposed points to form a pair of semi-cylindrical vertical grooves 8, 8, to receive, removably, the sprin ends of the paper file hereinafter described.

The file proper is shown in elevation in Fig. 3, and referring thereto, it will be seen to consist of a wire rod 10 adapted to be horizontally disposed in the caslng, and which, from end to end between the bases of its spring ends conforms in length with the distance between the semi-cylindrical grooves 8 in the filing case. The rod 10 has its extreme ends bent upward to form spring catches 9, 9, and these being resilient, wi spring into place in and be readily removable from the semi-cylindrical grooves 8, 8, in the filing case, by a gentle manual pressure employed in operatively assembling or dissociating said elements. In the len th of the rod and ad'acent to the spring en sis a air of integra y formed filing hooks, adapte to removably and -replaceably hold a series of sheets of paper or plasteboard 412, which are a ro riately punc ed out at 13 to admit t e colis, to ass through them and' hold the papers' in p ace thereon and in series. These ooks consist of two vertical bends 15, 15, followed by a short horizontal connecting 'bend 16; and in order to be able to better apply a manual pressure to remove the sprin catches 9 from their seats in the grooves 8 o the filing case, the bends 1 5 of the filing hooks are sli htly separated from each other and are int e same vertical plane with the yspring ends 9 while a rearward bend ispreferably given to that part of the connecting rod 10 which is between the hooks, when a pair of hooks is em loyed; it is obvious however that a single ong hook having like character ioo' of bends may be employed instead of a pair of hooks.

The operation of the device is such that a file orV series of papers or cards, punched at 'diate its ends with a 13, are held in spaced relation, laterally, by the u right spring ends 9 of the file V(see Fig. 2). 'lhe horizontal bend I6 prevents vertical displacement of the filed papers, while freely permitting assembling them in series as shown, with perfect freedom to space them vertically in relation` to each other. When the pa ers or cards are so placed on the file, (as 1n 2), and the latter inserted in the casing, a slight manual pressure against the front of the hooks 15, will cause the spring catches 9, 9, to pass automatically into locked position in t e grooves 8, 8, of the iiling case; while, when 1t is desired to remove the pile of filed apers, a slight manual pressure on the si es of the hooks 15, 15, by squeezing them together, will act on the integral sprng catches 9, 9, to release them from enga ement with the semi-cylindrical groove 8in t e opposite walls 7, 7, of the filing case.

My device is simple, economical in construction, and has been found in practice to possess decided utility and many advantages over devices of its class now in use.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as newand desire to secure by Letters 1. A filing case comprising a containing,

box having o positely-disposed vertical walls rovided with open vertical grooves in comination with a ilin rod rovided intermeing evice and having each of said ends bent upward to form spring catches adapted to spring automatically into the vertical grooves in the lin case when said parts'are operatively assem led.

body of the rod between said hooks being bent to lie in a rearwardly parallel plane.

3. A ilingcase comprising ashallowcom taining box of substantiall rectangular outline, having a front wall hinged to its basal Wall a narrow and fixed to wall over its rearward ortion, and a lid hinged thereto and a pair oi oppositelydisposed vertical walls provided near the rearward Aend and beneath said fixed top with o en vertical grooves, in combination with a filing rod adapted to be disposed horizontally in said casing, said rod havin integrally formed therein a pair of filing ooks and having spring ends adapted to removably coincide w1th said grooves in the casing when the iile and casing are opera-- tively assembled.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto .afxed m signature this tenth day of September A. 1907.

WILLIAM K. HOLMAN.

Witnesses:

ADA M. BIDDLE, JAS. C. WoBENsMr'rH. 

